BULLIARD'S HISTOIRE DES PLANTES VÉNÉNEUSES ET SUSPECTES DE LA FRANCE, I-II, 1798. 2 VOL:.

BULLIARD, (JEAN BAPTISTE FRANCOIS PIERRE). Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France, ouvrage dans lequel on fait connoître toutes les plantes dont l 'usage peut devenir la source de quelques accidens plus ou moins graves; où on indique les signes qui caractérisent les diverses sortes d´empoisonnement, et les moyens les plus prompts et les plus efficaces pour remédier aux accidens causés par les poisons végétaux, tant l´intérieur qu a l´extérieur. Paris, chez A. J. Dugour et Durand, an VI (= 1798).

Folio (358x234 mm.). (4), (i)-x, (1)-110; (4), 111-177, (1 blank) pp. 85 engraved plates printed in colour according to Bulliard's method (all, some minor foxing).
New marbled paper boards, uncut. Minor foxing. 2 volumes.

Ref. Stafleu: TL-2 907 (our copy collated as ed. I but title as ed. II); Nissen: BBI 296; Pritzel 1354* (72 plates); Sitwell: Great Flower Books (1990) p. 81-82: Plesch: Mille et un livres botaniques de la collection Arpad Plesch pp. 164-165.
Published as first part of "Herbier de la France". Our copy corresponds in collation and format with the first edition of 1784, but the title is that of the octavo-edition of 1798.

Provenance: Olle Wallin (1934-2021), economist who began his professional career working for the Swedish commercial bank Svenska Handelsbanken, after which he was employed by the construction company Beijers, working under Anders Wall. His interest in books and nature was inspired by his parents, both avid book collectors and interested in natural history. Wallin began collecting seriously after moving to Stockholm in the 1970's, and frequently visited the many antiquarian book shops as well as attended the auctions. His line of work also required extensive travel, foremost to the European continent and the US, and he usually took the opportunity to combine the business trips with visits to leading antiquarian book sellers and auction houses. Many of the more important and valuable works in his collection were acquired on those occasions.

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